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10 tips for a great degree

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 John Jewell freshers, graduation 2020, personal tutors

A 10 point guide (it’s not definitive and it’s certainly not entirely comprehensive) to getting the best out of whichever degree you study for.

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Plastic coke bottles
Media Coverage Public Relations 

Is the ‘Real Thing’ getting real?

August 14, 2017August 17, 2017 John Jewell coca cola, corporate responsibility, Greenpeace, greenwash

Coca- Cola – the world’s largest producer of beverages -is to increase its use of recycled material. Greenwash or Corporate responsibility?

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BBC Broadcasting House
Journalism Media Politics 

Anti-Semitism attack is part of a rich tradition aimed at undermining the BBC’s status

August 11, 2017August 18, 2017 John Jewell BBC, Daily Mail, News International, Propaganda

The BBC is a singular, publicly-funded broadcaster with a rich history and an international reputation which – deserved or not – means that it has a much scrutinised news output.

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Journalism Media 

Google aims for world domination

July 31, 2017August 7, 2017 John Jewell Google, media ownership

Alphabet, parent company of Google, is now the most valuable listed company in the world.

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Jodie Whittaker
Media Media Coverage Public Relations 

Women’s issues?

July 24, 2017July 26, 2017 John Jewell Advertising, Gender

“Women’s issues” is a redundant phrase. Equal opportunities in the workplace and fair representation across all media forms are issues which should be of concern to all sexes.

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Journalism Media 

Time to praise the Students

July 17, 2017July 18, 2017 John Jewell

A defence of the much maligned student, who lives in the shadow of perpetual debt.

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Journalism Media Media Coverage 

Dunkirk: The media’s role in turning tragedy into triumph

July 12, 2017August 11, 2017 John Jewell Dunkirk, Operation Dynamo, reporting war, tom hopkinson

With the world Premiere of Christopher Nolan’s Blockbuster Dunkirk it seems the right time look back and consider what place those momentous events have in British cultural history.

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Cap cakes
Media Public Relations 

No Product Placement for The Great British Bake Off

July 10, 2017July 11, 2017 John Jewell Great British Bake Off, Product Placement

That the seemingly innocuous Great British Bake Off will not use Product Placement in its new series. John Jewell considers why.

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Donald Trump's tweet about CNN
Journalism Media Coverage Politics 

Trump and the media – the war goes on

June 30, 2017July 16, 2017 John Jewell CNN, Donald Trump, journalism, Time magazine, Twitter

Trump’s battle with the US media is becoming more worrying and farcical.

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A beefburger
Advertising Media 

McDonald’s – Continual controversy

June 26, 2017July 16, 2017 John Jewell Advertising, Consumer society, Olympic Games

McDonald’s is no stranger to controversy – as latest news exemplifies.

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